Codex and OFFHOLLYWOOD (recently acquired by Vitec Group) have announced the seamless integration of Codex Live, the color management and look-creation system enabling set-to-post color confidence, with OFFHOLLYWOOD’s OMOD for RED Digital Cinema cameras. This technology collaboration delivers a fast and robust set-to-post solution for RED camera workflows, and also enables live High Dynamic Range (HDR) on-set grading for the first time, and launches during NAB 2016. Visit Codex booth #SL6828 and at RED booth #SL1517.
Codex Live features an easy-to-operate interface and enables users on-set to create and preview looks and color grades directly from multiple live HD-SDI camera feeds. These looks and grades can be previewed with Codex Review and automatically applied when generating deliverables via Codex Production Suite. With Codex Live, the looks created can be exported in various formats (ASC-CDL for example) for application downstream in the workflow. Codex Live has multiple color controls to adjust the range of color parameters including Offset/Power/Slope/Saturation, Printer Lights and Life/Gamma/Gain and is ASC-CDL and ACES-compliant. Crucially, the looks and grades delivered by Codex Live can be used to communicate the creative intent from the set, and form the starting point for color-consistent dailies and post-production deliverables.
Developed by OFFHOLLYWOOD, OMODs are the first third party modules for the RED WEAPON camera platform. OFFHOLLYWOOD’s long experience with RED cameras and workflows allowed it develop a product enhancing the functionality of RED cameras. Designed for the color management requirements of today’s workflows, three independent HD-SDI outputs can be routed in any configuration from RED’s SDI & HDMI monitor paths. Each output can have a CDL and/or 3D LUT applied, controlled and stored independently.
The smooth integration means that Codex Live can generate CDLs and 3D LUTs for the OFFHOLLYWOOD OMOD module. Codex Live users can grade wirelessly, in real-time, directly to the OMOD. Each monitor path can have a separate color pipeline, so that, for example, the DIT can grade and preview in isolation and then share the look when ready.
Significantly, the combination of the OFFHOLLYWOOD OMOD with CODEX Live enables the creation of live HDR – at same time as SDR – and, utilizing CODEX Live, users can color grade CDLs under HDR output. It is thought to be the first-ever live HDR and CDL workflow.
“We developed Codex Live to meet a need for secure color pipelines that are integrated into the production to post workflow, so that the look created on-set is exactly what appears in the VFX, editorial deliverables and in the DI grading suite,” said Brian Gaffney, VP business development at Codex, “We are excited to work Mark and the team at OFFHOLLYWOOD to integrate Codex Live with the OMOD for use with the premier cameras and products in the market, and to innovate even further by bringing the ability to perform live HDR grading on-set.”
Mark Pederson, director of technology for OFFHOLLYWOOD, added, “Codex’s reputation for efficient, secure workflows is unsurpassed, and Codex Live just adds to their palette of tools. We are excited to work with them as we introduce OMOD, a product that we believe will be eagerly received by RED users everywhere.”
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More